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St. Andrew is traditionally portrayed with a long forked beard, a cross, and a book; Masaccio's 1426 "Saint Andrew" is a panel painting in tempora and gold leaf, once part of the Pisa Altarpiece It is now at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California. [71] Andrew appears as part of Carlo Crivelli's San Domenico Altarpiece (1476).
Saint Andrew's Day, also called the Feast of Saint Andrew or Andermas, is the feast day of Andrew the Apostle. It is celebrated on 30 November. It is celebrated on 30 November. Saint Andrew is the disciple in the New Testament who introduced his brother, the Apostle Peter , to Jesus , the Messiah .
Andrew of Crete (Greek: Ἀνδρέας Κρήτης, c. 650 – July 4, 712 or 726 or 740), also known as Andrew of Jerusalem, was an 8th-century bishop, theologian, homilist, [1] and hymnographer. He is venerated as a saint in both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church .
St Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland and has a long history of veneration there. [7] The cult of St Andrew was established on the east coast at Kilrymont by the Pictish kings as early as the eighth century. [8] The shrine, which from the twelfth century was said to have contained the relics of the saint brought to Scotland by Saint Regulus ...
Saint Andrew Stratelates, d. 300; Saint Andrew Corsini (San Andrea Corsini), d. 1373; Saint Andrew of Constantinople, Orthodox Fool for Christ; Saint Andrew of Crete (c. 650 – c. 730), 8th century bishop, theologian, homilist and hymnographer; Saint Andrew of Crete (martyr), a martyr; Saint Andrew of Lampsacus, d. 250 AD, martyred with Paul ...
The Saint Andrew is a larger-than-life marble sculpture by Flemish artist François Duquesnoy, executed between 1629 and 1633.Located in the crossing of Saint Peter Basilica in Rome, the work depicts Andrew the Apostle leaning over the crux decussata of his martyrdom.
Prior to the twentieth century, Acts of Andrew was known chiefly through a book about Andrew by the medieval bishop Gregory of Tours. At that time, Gregory's book was considered to be a reliable epitome of the Acts of Andrew. The first modern edition of the work was a reconstruction published in 1924 by M. R. James that based on Gregory's book.
According to Hippolyte of Antioch, (died c. 250 C.E.) in his On Apostles, Origen, in the third book of his Commentaries on the Genesis (254 C.E.), Eusebius of Caesarea in his Church History (340 C.E.), and other sources, like the Usuard's Martyrdom written between 845-865, and Jacobus de Voragine in Golden Legend (c. 1260), Saint Andrew preached in Scythia Minor.